FARGO — The good old days weren’t always so good. I don’t miss the outhouse on my grandparents’ farm. And the way the bottle of mercurochrome made our young cuts and owies feel ... I rejoiced when it ...

If you love growing native plants in your container garden, you probably like to look for species or cultivars that are a little more compact in growth, to make them easier to maintain. While you ...

Ninebark is a native shrub that truly ticks every box: vivid foliage, lush blooms, and even visually "a-peeling" bark in winter.

One of my favorite native flowering shrubs is Pacific ninebark, Physocarpus capitatus. This wonderful pollinator plant that is native to Northern California can be found throughout Humboldt County.

From fences to ornate garden screens, there are lots of ways to create more privacy for your outdoor space. But using shrubs has to be one of the prettiest solutions, especially if they provide ...

Some plants need more attention than others. Many shrubs, for example, don't need much care at all, and in fact thrive when ignored. Of course, this period of neglect only starts after the shrub is ...

Q: What is this fungus on the leaves of my shrub, and how do I treat it? – Brian K. A: The shrub is a ninebark, which is a common and important landscape shrub, and many different named cultivars are ...

Flowering shrubs can bring color, interest and fragrance to your garden even after the spring-blooming forsythia, viburnums and lilacs have had their day. “There doesn’t need to be a lull until the ...